Buckle for belts



Jan. 27, 1942. W: B, BUCK 2,271,251

BUCKLE FOR BELTS Filed April 21, 1941 1n pentor WaZzerfl. 524071.

A itomey Patented Jan. 27, 1942 3 UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

BUCKLE r01; BELTS Walter B. Buck, Newport, N. C. Application April 21, .1941, Serial No. 389,665

3 Claims.

My invention relates to improvements in belt buckles, the invention being designed with the particular objects in' View of providing a simply .constructed, efiicient buckle in which slides are eliminated, and which is equipped as a mounting for a picture, or identification tag, or the like.

Other and subordinate objects are also comprehended by my invention, all of which, together with the precise nature of my improvements, will be readily understood when the succeeding description and claims are read with reference to the drawing accompanying and forming part of this specification.

In said drawing:

Figure 1 is a view in front elevation of the preferred embodiment of my improved buckle showing the same closed and applied to a;be1t,

.said plate 9 is closed to extend through an aperture I3 in the plate 2 to be inserted in one of the usual holes I4 provided in the free end of the belt 5 whereby said free end is anchored in the body I. v

A preferably square aperture I5 is provided,

centrally, in the plate 2 of the body I and surrounding the edges of the aperture I5, on the inside of said plate 2, is a rectangular keeper frame I 6 suitably secured to the plate 2 and having an open edge I1 facing the stud I2 for insertion ofa picture, or other identification panel I8 into the frame into an internal groove, as at I9, :provided in said frame.v As best shown in Figure 3, the stud I2, whenthe clasp plate 9 is closed, extends across one edge of the panel Figure 2 is a view in rear elevation of the buckle detached,

Figure 3 is a view in horizontal section taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1, and

Figure 4 is a view in plan illustrating, in dotted lines, the clasp member swung open.

Reference being had to the drawing by numerals, my improved buckle comprises a body member I of oblong, rectangular form and any suitable metal and including a plate 2, longitudinal, right-angled edge flanges 3 on said plates, rearwardly extending, and a pair of inturned edge ears 4 on said flanges at one end of the body I forming guides between which, and the plate, the free end of the belt is designed to be inserted into the body I behind the plate 2 and between the flanges 3. At the end of the body I opposite that carrying the ears 4 is a pintle 5 having axially offset, or eccentric, ends I pivoted in the flanges 3, said pintle being designed for the attachment thereto of the buckle end of the belt 5 as by looping said end around the pintle, as at 8, in the usual manner.

For securing the free end of the belt 5 in the body I, a clasp plate 9 of oblong rectangular form,

.and suitable metal, is provided to overlie the plate 2, said clasp plate having longitudinal edge flanges I0 fitting over the flanges 3 in straddling relation thereto and extending beyond one end I8 adjacent thereto and thereby prevents the panel from working out of the frame I6.

The clasp plate 9 is provided with an aperture 20 therein registering with the aperture I5 when said plate 9 is closed, so that the panel I8 is visible. A reinforcing flange 2| is provided on the clasp plate 9 around the edges of the aperture 20..

The body I and clasp plate 9 are longitudinally curved to conform to the person, as is usual.

As will be manifest, to open the buckle and release the free end of the belt 5 it is merely necessary to swing the clasp plate 9 outwardly around the pivotal axis of the pintle 6 sufficiently to withdraw the stud I2 from the hole I4 in said belt. In closing thedescribed buckle, the aperture I3 provides a sight opening with which a selected hole in the belt may be registered to facilitate inserting the studs I 4 in said hole.

The foregoing will, it is believed, sufllce to impart a clear understanding of my invention without further explanation.

. Manifestly the invention, as described, is sus- 'ceptible of modification without departing from of the plate 9 to provide ears II which arefixed onthe ends 1 of the pintle 6, the arrangement being such that under the pull of the belt, when attached about the Waist, the pintle 5 will be rotated in the flanges 9 on its offset ends to swing the clasp plate 9 toward the plate 2 and thereby maintain said plate 9 closed flat against said plate I. Adjacent its free end the clasp plate 9 is provided with a stud I2 adapted when the inventive concept, and right is herein-reserved to such modifications as fall within the scope of the subjoined claims.

What I claim is:

1. A belt buckle including an oblong, rectangular body plate having longitudinal right angled flanges extending rearwardly of the plate and adapted for the insertion of the free end of the belt therebetween from one end of the plate, said plate having an aperture therein adjacent said end, a pintle extending between said flanges adjacent the opposite end of the plate for the attachment of the other end of the beltthereto,

said pintle having axially offset ends pivotallymounted in said flanges for rotation therein under pull of the belt on said pintle, and a clasp through the aperture in the body plate and into a hol in the free end of said belt.

2. A belt buckle including an oblong, rectangular body plate having longitudinal right angled flanges extending rearwardly of the plate and adapted for the insertion of the free end of the belt therebetween from one end of the plate, said plate having an aperture therein adjacent said end, a pintle extending between said flanges 7 adjacent the opposite end of the plate for the attachment of the other end of the belt thereto, said pintle having axially offset ends pivotally mounted in said flanges for rotation therein under pull of the belt on said pintle, and a clasp plate having edge flanges straddling the flange of said body plate and fixed at ends thereof to said oiTset ends of the pintle for swinging of said clasp plate under such rotation of said pintle into closing position against the front of said body plate, and a stud on said clasp plate movable under such swinging of said clasp plate through the aperture in the body plate and into a hole in the free end of said belt, said body and clasp plates being provided with sight apertures centrally thereof registering in the closed position of the clasp plate, anda frame fixed to the rear of the body plate for containing an identification panel for display through said sight apertures.

3. A belt buckle including an oblong, rectangular body plate having longitudinal right angled flanges extending rearwardly of the plate and adapted for the insertion of the free end of the belt therebetween from one end of the plate, said plate having an aperture therein adjacent said end, a pintl extending between said flanges adjacent the opposite end of the plate for attachment of the other end of the belt thereto, said pintle having axially oifset ends pivotally mounted in said flanges for rotation therein under pull of the belt on said pintle, and a clasp plate having edge flanges straddling the flange of said body plate and fixed at ends thereof to said offset ends of the pintle for swinging of said clasp plate under such rotation of said pintle into closing position against the front of said body plate, and a stud on said clasp plate movable under such swinging of said clasp plate through the aperture in the body plate and into a hole in the free end of said belt, said body and clasp plates being provided with sight apertures centrally thereof registering in the closed position of the clasp plate, and a frame fixed to the rear of the body plate for containing an identification panel for display through said sight apertures, said frame having an open edge for the insertion of a panel in the frame edgewise, said edge being opposed to the stud in the closed position of the clasp plate whereby said stud prevents the panel from working out of said frame.

His WALTER B. X BUCK.

Mark

Witness to mark:

T. C. WADE. 

